,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,menefee 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,raskin1   
,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4        
,norton1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 and ,mr4        
,johnson of ,georgia7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require ,states to hold
 special elections to fill vacancies in 
the ,house of ,representatives not later
 than #ahj days after a vacancy occurs  
in the ,house of ,representatives1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,special 
,election ,timeliness ,act or the ,,set 
,act4  #b4 ,requiring special elections 
to be held to fill vacancies in ,house  
7a7 ,in general ,section #bf7;a7 of the 
,revised ,statutes of the ,united       
,states 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #h7;a77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7a7 ,in general   
7#a7 ,special election to fill vacancy  
,except as provided in subsection 7b7   

and subject to the requirements under   
paragraph 7#b71 the time for holding    
elections in any ,state1 ,district1 or  
,territory for a ,representative or     
,delegate to fill a vacancy1 whether    
such vacancy is caused by a failure to  
elect at the time prescribed by law1 or 
by the death1 resignation1 or incapacity
 of a person elected1 may be prescribed 
by the laws of the several ,states and  
,territories respectively4  7#b7        
,deadline for special election ,a       
special election to fill a vacancy under
 paragraph 7#a7 shall occur not later   
than #ahj days after the date the       
vacancy occurs1 unless a regularly      
scheduled general election for the      
office involved is to be held at any    
time during the #ahj-;day period which  
begins on the date the vacancy occurs4  
7#c7 ,civil enforcement  7,a7 ,in       
general ,the ,attorney ,general may     
bring a civil action against the chief  
executive of the ,state concerned in an 
appropriate district court for such     

declaratory or injunctive relief as is  
necessary to carry out this subsection4 
7,b7 ,private right of action ,a person 
who is aggrieved by a violation of this 
subsection1 including the ,speaker of   
the ,house of ,representatives or the   
,minority ,leader of the ,house1 may    
bring a civil action against the chief  
executive of the ,state concerned in an 
appropriate district court for such     
declaratory or injunctive relief as may 
be necessary to carry out this          
subsection4  7#d7 ,special election     
defined ,for purposes of this           
subsection1 the term special election   
means an election for purposes of       
electing a candidate to fill a vacancy  
described in paragraph 7#a7 and does not
 include an election for purposes of    
nominating candidates to fill such a    
vacancy4  4